Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a one-click attack via Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) that makes it possible to steal a user’s GitHub token. “Just by clicking a link, it’s possible for an attacker to steal a GitHub token that can read and write to your repos, including private ones,” security researcher Ammar Askar said.…
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Only 11% of production agents pass the AI agent security bar
Enterprise teams are running AI agents that write code, drive browsers, answer customer calls, manage cloud infrastructure, and query data warehouses with standing credentials. A new independent assessment of 100 production agents finds that nearly all of them carry the conditions for a single hostile document to take them over. The AI Risk Quadrant (AIRQ)…
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VS Code zero-day lets hackers steal GitHub tokens in one click
A security researcher has released exploit code for a Visual Studio Code (VS Code) zero-day vulnerability that allows attackers to steal GitHub authentication tokens by tricking users into clicking a link. […]
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Claude Code GitHub Actions Flaw Created Supply Chain Attack Risk
Organizations using Claude Code GitHub Actions should review their CI/CD environments after a researcher found vulnerabilities that could expose repositories to compromise and supply chain attacks. The flaws, which have since been patched, allowed attackers to bypass permission controls and inject untrusted input into trusted workflows. These vulnerabilities allow “… an attacker [to] bypass its…
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Fake Claude Code Installers Deliver Credential-Stealing Malware
Developers searching for Claude Code installation instructions could be walking into a sophisticated malware campaign that disguises itself as legitimate AI tooling documentation. Researchers found dozens of fake Claude Code and developer platform sites designed to steal credentials, API keys, and cryptocurrency. “The attack chain runs on the same unchecked trust that makes AI developer…
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Windows Netlogon RCE exploited, domain controllers at risk (CVE-2026-41089)
CVE-2026-41089, a critical Windows Netlogon RCE flaw that allows remote code execution, is now actively exploited in the wild, the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB) warned on Friday. About CVE-2026-41089 CVE-2026-41089 is a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Windows Netlogon, the service and protocol that handles authentication and security within a Windows domain environment. The…
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Secure Code Warrior connects developer training to AI usage and code risks
Secure Code Warrior has introduced Adaptive Learning, a capability designed to help organizations support AI software governance through targeted training based on identified risks. The feature delivers contextual microlearning and tracks outcomes at the code commit level. Software development is going through its biggest shift ever, from human-written code, to AI-assisted coding, to fully agentic…
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Fake Anthropic Sites Deliver Fileless Infostealer to Claude Code Users
Fake Anthropic websites are being used to target Claude Code users with a fileless infostealer campaign that steals browser credentials and evades detection.
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Notepad++ vulnerabilities could enable arbitrary code execution on Windows systems
Two arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities in Notepad++ let local attackers run commands of their choice on Windows machines by tampering with the editor’s XML configuration files, with both flaws rated High at CVSS 7.8. The flaws, tracked as CVE-2026-48778 and CVE-2026-48800, affect every version of the editor up to and including 8.9.6, Notepad++ said in…
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IBM and Red Hat want to become the ‘security clearinghouse’ for open source applications in the enterprise
Open source code is everywhere in the enterprise; it’s estimated that upwards of 90% of Fortune 500 companies have it in their software supply chains. But open source code is notoriously rife with vulnerabilities, and identifying and patching those bugs can be an endless battle for security teams. IBM and Red Hat are betting that…
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Attackers Move Past Typosquatting to Realistic Package Impersonation
Most malicious open source packages now mimic real code rather than rely on typosquatting
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Claude now reviews and fixes vulnerabilities as you write code
Anthropic introduced a security-guidance plugin for Claude Code that reviews code changes for common vulnerabilities and helps Claude identify and fix issues during the same development session. The company says the plugin is designed to catch issues such as injection flaws, unsafe deserialization, and insecure DOM APIs before code reaches pull requests, reducing the amount…
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Apple open-sources quantum-resistant encryption code
Apple has released quantum-resistant cryptographic code and the mathematical verification tools it developed to prove the code’s correctness, making them publicly available for independent review and broader use across the industry. The release includes implementations of two quantum-secure algorithms, ML-KEM and ML-DSA, along with the formal verification libraries and tools Apple created to validate their…
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Microsoft Patches SharePoint RCE Flaw CVE-2026-45659 Across Server Versions
Microsoft has rolled out updates to fix a remote code execution vulnerability impacting SharePoint that could be exploited by bad actors in attacks without requiring any specialized conditions to be met. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-45659, carries a CVSS score of 8.8. It has been assigned an important severity. “Deserialization of untrusted data in Microsoft…
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High-severity SharePoint RCE bug patched by Microsoft (CVE-2026-45659)
Microsoft has released patches for a high-severity remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2026-45659) in SharePoint that may be exploited in low-complexity attacks. It affects the SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, SharePoint Server 2019, and SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016. About CVE-2026-45659 CVE-2026-45659 stems from Shareoint deserializing untrusted data, and may be exploited by an authenticated attacker to execute…
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The Underground Malware-Signing-as-a-Service That Makes Ransomware Look “Verified” on Windows
The Core Technical Concept: Code Signing At the center of Microsoft’s disruption of the Fox Tempest cybercrime operation is a foundational trust mechanism that modern operating systems rely on heavily: code signing. Code signing is a cryptographic trust framework used by operating systems such as Windows to verify both the integrity and origin of executable…
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OpenHack: Open-source AI-powered vulnerability research
Source-guided vulnerability research increasingly leans on coding harnesses such as Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor to drive agent-based reviews of application code. A new MIT-licensed project from the Dutch security firm Hadrian, called OpenHack, packages that approach into a file-based workspace that any of those harnesses can run. OpenHack is a set of agents and…
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Meet Fractal, an OS made for microarchitecture reverse engineering
Probing how a CPU isolates user code from kernel code is messy work. Researchers patch kernels, write drivers, or boot stripped-down bare-metal programs, and any of those choices change variables they were trying to hold still. Fractal, a new operating system from MIT CSAIL, was built to take that mess out of the loop, and…
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GitHub, Grafana Labs breaches traced back to TanStack supply chain compromise
GitHub CISO Alexis Wales has named the malicious VS Code extension behind the breach they suffered at the hands of the threat group TeamPCP: Nx Console, a popular developer tool with 2.2 million installs. A malicious version of the otherwise benign extension was used to steal secrets and developer credentials, which were then used to…
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Three-Quarters of Firms Knowingly Ship Vulnerable Code
AI risks threaten to permeate supply chains through unvetted code and unaudited suppliers
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PinTheft: Another Linux Privilege Escalation, Another Working Exploit, This Time Targeting Arch
PinTheft is a Linux LPE flaw in the RDS subsystem with public exploit code. Arch Linux users face the highest risk and should patch immediately. The wave of Linux local privilege escalation vulnerabilities showing up with working exploit code is not slowing down. The latest is PinTheft, discovered by the V12 security team, which affects…
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GitHub Breach: TeamPCP Steals 3,800 Repositories via VS Code Extension
GitHub Breach: TeamPCP stole 3,800 internal repositories through a malicious VS Code extension and is now selling the data online for $95,000.
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TeamPCP breached GitHub’s internal codebase via poisoned VS Code extension
Following TeamPCP’s claim that they’ve breached GitHub’s own private code repositories, the Microsoft-owned company launched an investigation and confirmed the compromise. “Our current assessment is that the activity involved exfiltration of GitHub-internal repositories only. The attacker’s current claims of ~3,800 repositories are directionally consistent with our investigation so far,” GitHub stated. The source of the…
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A malicious VS code extension just breached GitHub ‘s internal repositories
One employee installed a trojanized VS Code extension. Result: ~3,800 GitHub internal repositories exfiltrated. TeamPCP claims credit, wants $50K. There is something almost ironic about GitHub, the platform that hosts the code for most of the world’s software, getting breached through a trojanized plugin for a code editor. But that is exactly what happened, and…
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GitHub internal repositories breached
A malicious VS Code extension led to cloned private repositories, reportedly offered for sale on a criminal forum Categories: Threat Research Tags: GitHub, Supply chain
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DirtyDecrypt PoC Released for Linux Kernel CVE-2026-31635 LPE Vulnerability
Proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code has now been released for a recently patched security flaw in the Linux kernel that could allow for local privilege escalation (LPE). Dubbed DirtyDecrypt (aka DirtyCBC), the vulnerability was discovered and reported by the Zellic and V12 security team on May 9, 2026, only to be informed by the maintainers that…
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Shai-Hulud worm copycats emerge after source code leak
Shai-Hulud worm copycats are already attacking NPM developers after its source code leaked, enabling fast supply chain exploitation. The first copycats of the Shai-Hulud worm have already started showing up online, only a few days after the malware’s source code was dumped on GitHub. Researchers had warned this would happen almost immediately, and they were…
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Shai-Hulud Worm Clones Spread After Code Release
The release of Shai-Hulud source code spells trouble for software developers as researchers worry the self-replicating worm could scale.
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Grafana confirms GitHub token breach cybercrime group claims the attack
Grafana confirmed a GitHub token breach that exposed source code, but said no customer data or systems were affected. Grafana Labs confirmed a security incident after the extortion group Coinbase Cartel listed it on a leak site and claimed data theft on May 15. The breach was triggered by a compromised token that gave attackers…
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Device Code Phishing Targets Microsoft 365 Users
Cybercriminals are adopting device code phishing as a new way to bypass traditional phishing defenses and compromise enterprise Microsoft 365 accounts. According to Proofpoint, threat actors are abusing legitimate Microsoft authentication workflows to steal authentication tokens without using traditional phishing pages. “The spike in device code phishing coincides with publicly released criminal toolkits, and the…
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Grafana says stolen GitHub token let hackers steal codebase
Grafana Labs disclosed that hackers have downloaded its source code after breaching its GitHub environment using a stolen access token. […]
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Developer Workstations Are Now Part of the Software Supply Chain
Supply chain attackers are not only trying to slip malicious code into trusted software. They are trying to steal the access that makes trusted software possible. Recently, three separate campaigns hit npm, PyPI, and Docker Hub in a 48-hour window, and all three targeted secrets from developer environments and CI/CD pipelines, including API keys, cloud…
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Experts warn of active exploitation of critical NGINX flaw CVE-2026-42945
A critical NGINX flaw (CVE-2026-42945) is actively exploited, allowing crashes or possible code execution via malicious HTTP requests. A critical vulnerability in NGINX Plus and NGINX Open, tracked as CVE-2026-42945 (CVSS v4 score of 9.2), is already being actively exploited shortly after disclosure. “We’re seeing active exploitation of CVE-2026-42945 in F5 NGINX, a heap buffer…
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Grafana Says It Rejected Ransom Demand After Source Code Theft
Grafana says hackers stole its source code after accessing a GitHub token, but no customer data or systems were affected.
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CalPhishing Scam Uses EvilTokens Kit, Outlook Invites to Steal M365 Sessions
Hackers are exploiting Outlook calendar invites and device code phishing to steal M365 session tokens, bypass MFA and breach enterprise accounts.
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TeamPCP hackers advertise Mistral AI code repos for sale
The TeamPCP hacker group is threatening to leak source code from the Mistral AI project unless a buyer is found for the data. […]
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Microsoft’s WinUI agent plugin trims token use by over 70% during development
Microsoft published a plugin on May 13 that lets GitHub Copilot CLI and Claude Code drive the full WinUI 3 development cycle, from project scaffolding through signed MSIX packaging. The WinUI agent plugin ships one agent, eight skills, and several supporting tools targeting the loop developers run dozens of times a day: scaffold, build, run,…
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Sandyaa: Open-source autonomous security bug hunter
Source code auditing has traditionally relied on static analyzers that flag long lists of potential issues, leaving engineers to sort bugs from noise. A new open-source project from offensive-security firm SecureLayer7 takes a different route, using LLMs to read a codebase, trace how data moves through it, and produce working exploit code for the vulnerabilities…
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AWS Security Agent full repository code scanning feature now available in preview
Today, we’re excited to announce the preview release of full repository code review, a new capability in AWS Security Agent that performs deep, context-aware security analysis of your entire code base. AI-driven cybersecurity capabilities are advancing rapidly. AWS Security Agent can now find vulnerabilities and build working exploits across your entire code base at a…
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Fake Claude Code takes the IElevator to your browser secrets
Developers looking for Anthropic’s increasingly popular Claude Code tool are now being lured into downloading malware. According to researchers at Ontinue, attackers are abusing a fake Claude Code installer to deliver a previously undocumented PowerShell payload. The malware is designed to evade detection, recover browser encryption material, and steal sensitive data from developer systems. “Developers…
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HEIDI: Free IDE security plugin for open-source vulnerability checks
Open-source dependencies make up a large percentage of the code in production applications, and most vulnerability checks still run late in the pipeline, inside CI/CD systems or after a release ships. Meterian is moving those checks earlier with HEIDI, a free plugin for Visual Studio Code and JetBrains IDEs that flags vulnerable packages and offers…
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Fake Claude Code Page Pushes PowerShell Stealer at Devs
Ontinue uncovers fake Claude Code installer pushing PowerShell stealer abusing Chrome’s IElevator2
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Hackers Trick DigiCert Into Issuing Certificates Used to Sign Malware
DigiCert revokes 60 code signing certificates after hackers used a malicious support chat attachment to sign the Zhong Stealer malware.
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New cPanel vulnerabilities could allow file access and remote code execution
cPanel fixed three flaws that could allow file reads, code execution, and privilege escalation. No active exploitation has been reported yet. cPanel has released security updates to fix three vulnerabilities affecting cPanel & WHM that could allow attackers to read files, execute code, or escalate privileges on vulnerable systems. Below are the descriptions for these…
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Trellix source code breach claimed by RansomHouse hackers
The attack on the Trellix source code repository disclosed last week has been claimed by the RansomHouse threat group, which leaked a small set of images as proof of the intrusion. […]
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Ivanti warns of new EPMM flaw exploited in zero-day attacks
Ivanti warned customers today to patch a high-severity remote code execution vulnerability in Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) exploited in zero-day attacks. […]
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‘TrustFall’ Exposes Claude Code Execution Risk
Researchers find malicious repositories can trigger code execution in Claude Code with minimal or no user interaction.
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AI Software Leak Lets Scammers Add Malware and Steal Data and Your Money
AI Leak Fuels Malware Scams. Company source code is proprietary and typically held as top secret. However, a recent software leak accident by Anthropic has led to a cascade of nefarious behaviours by hackers. Anthropic is the well-known creator of Claude AI, and the accidental leak of the source code has allowed scammers to create…
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Application Security Strategies Are Changing as AI-generated Code Floods the SDLC
AI-generated code is changing AppSec workflows, forcing teams to rethink SDLC security, dependency checks, code review, and risk prioritization.
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Train like you fight: Why cyber operations teams need no-notice drills
St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto recently executed a full Code Orange simulation: A mass casualty emergency protocol requiring the activation of every clinical and operational team across the hospital. As a Level 1 trauma centre, it conducts large-scale exercises involving teams across the entire hospital: Emergency, surgery, communications, administration. The exercise is not a compliance…
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Critical Android vulnerability CVE-2026-0073 fixed by Google
Google patched a critical Android flaw (CVE‑2026‑0073) that lets attackers run code remotely without user action. Google released a security update for Android to address a critical remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE‑2026‑0073, in the System component. The bug allowed attackers to run code as the shell user without needing extra permissions, or any…
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Android Zero-Click RCE Vulnerability Enables Remote Shell Access
Google has released a patch for an Android vulnerability that allows remote code execution (RCE) without requiring any user interaction. The flaw could “… lead to remote (proximal/adjacent) code execution as the shell user with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation,” said Google in its security advisory. Inside the…
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Can your coding style predict whether your code is vulnerable?
Developers leave fingerprints in the code they write. Naming choices, indentation patterns, preferred APIs, and the way someone structures a loop or handles a pointer all carry traces of individual habit. Researchers have used these stylistic signals for years to identify the authors of anonymous code samples, sometimes with surprising accuracy. A team at the…
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Claude Security enters public beta with Opus 4.7 vulnerability scanning and patching
Claude Security, previously called Claude Code Security, is in public beta for Claude Enterprise customers. Available in Claude.ai, the capability scans codebases for security vulnerabilities and suggests targeted patches for review, helping teams identify and fix issues that might otherwise be missed. Admins can enable it in the admin console. Access for Claude Team and…
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Trellix discloses the breach of a code repository
Trellix disclosed a security breach affecting part of its source code repository, however, the company says there’s no sign of code misuse. Trellix revealed a breach that allowed unauthorized access to part of its source code repository. The company said it quickly launched an investigation with forensic experts and notified law enforcement. While the exact…
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Anthropic Rolls Out Claude Security for AI Vulnerability Scanning
Claude Security enters public beta, giving enterprises AI driven code scanning with no API integration or custom agents required
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Another AI-Assisted Software Scan Yields 9-Year-Old Linux Bug
The proof-of-concept exploit code runs only 10 lines long, but luckily, a patch is already available.
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Warp open sources its AI terminal client
Warp, the AI-centric terminal used by close to a million developers, has released the source code for its client on GitHub under the AGPL license, with OpenAI signed on as the founding sponsor of the repository. An agent-first contribution model Warp is steering contributions through Oz, its cloud agent orchestration platform. Agents handle the bulk…
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GitHub Flaw Enables Remote Code Execution With a Single Git Push
A vulnerability in GitHub’s infrastructure could have allowed attackers to execute code on backend systems using nothing more than a standard git push command. The flaw affected both GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES), exposing millions of repositories to potential compromise before it was patched. “By exploiting an injection flaw in GitHub’s internal protocol, any…
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New Wave of DPRK Attacks Uses AI-Inserted npm Malware, Fake Firms, and RATs
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered malicious code in an npm package after a malicious package as a dependency to the project by Anthropic’s Claude Opus large language model (LLM). The package in question is “@validate-sdk/v2,” which is listed on npm as a utility software development kit (SDK) for hashing, validation, encoding/decoding, and secure random generation. However,…
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Malicious npm Dependency Linked to AI Assisted Commit Targets Crypto Wallets
Researchers uncover a malicious npm dependency linked to an AI‑assisted code commit that steals sensitive data and exposes crypto wallets
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GitHub fixes RCE flaw that gave access to millions of private repos
In early March, GitHub patched a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2026-3854) that could have allowed attackers to access millions of private repositories. […]
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Critical GitHub RCE bug exposed millions of repositories
A critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in GitHub could potentially allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise Server. Uncovered by Wiz researchers, the now-patched bug exploited how GitHub handles server-side “git push” operations. By crafting malicious input within a standard Git push, an authenticated user could execute arbitrary commands via…
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More fake extensions linked to GlassWorm found in Open VSX code marketplace
The threat actor seeding the Open VSX code marketplace with fraudulent extensions that download the GlassWorm malware has uploaded 73 more impersonated links, as its attempt to infect software supply chains continues. Philipp Burckhardt, head of threat intelligence at Socket, which revealed the latest activity, called it a “significant escalation” in the gang’s activity, after…
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CVE-2026-3854 GitHub flaw enables remote code execution
Critical GitHub flaw CVE-2026-3854 lets attackers run code with a single git push, exploiting a command injection bug. Researchers found a critical vulnerability in GitHub, tracked as CVE-2026-3854, that allows remote code execution through a simple git push. The vulnerability affects GitHub Enterprise Cloud, GitHub Enterprise Cloud with Data Residency, GitHub Enterprise Cloud with Enterprise…
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Fresh Wave of GlassWorm VS Code Extensions Slices Through Supply Chain
Attackers continue to scale a campaign to seed Open VSX with seemingly benign VS Code extensions that spread self-propagating malware.
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Researchers Uncover 73 Fake VS Code Extensions Delivering GlassWorm v2 Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged dozens of Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions on the Open VSX repository that are linked to a persistent information-stealing campaign dubbed GlassWorm. The cluster of 73 extensions has been identified as cloned versions of their legitimate counterparts. Of these, six have been confirmed to be malicious, with the remaining…
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Device codes are the new frontier for phishing as Barracuda detects 7 million attacks in four weeks
GUEST RESEARCH: Device code phishing has advantages over traditional credential phishing in stealth, persistence and evasion
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Checkmarx supply chain attack impacts Bitwarden npm distribution path
Bitwarden CLI was hit by the Checkmarx supply chain attack. Version 2026.4.0 shipped malicious code in bw1.js via a compromised GitHub Action. Bitwarden CLI has been compromised as part of the ongoing Checkmarx supply chain campaign, researchers warn. The affected version, @bitwarden/cli 2026.4.0, contained malicious code hidden in the bw1.js file. The breach likely stemmed…
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Surge in Silent Subject Phishing Attacks Targets VIP Users
Null subject phishing campaigns bypass filters and target VIPs with QR code and RMM abuse
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Attacking the MCP Trust Boundary
Every secure API draws a line between code and data. HTTP separates headers from bodies. SQL has prepared statements. Even email distinguishes the envelope from the message. The Model Context Protocol (MCP), the fast-growing standard for connecting AI agents to external services, inherits that gap from the models it sits on top of. Its central…
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Surge in Bomgar RMM Exploitation Demonstrates Supply Chain Risk
The critical remote code execution flaw (CVE-2026-1731) in the remote monitoring and management tool can be exploited to spread ransomware and compromise supply chains.
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Why the Axios attack proves AI is mandatory for supply chain security
Two weeks ago, a suspected North Korean threat actor slipped malicious code into a package within Axios, a widely used JavaScript library. The immediate concern was the blast radius: roughly 100 million weekly downloads spanning enterprises, startups, and government systems. But beyond the sheer scale, the attack’s speed was just as worrisome – a stark…
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52M-Download protobuf.js Library Hit by RCE in Schema Handling
Critical RCE flaw in protobuf.js lets attackers execute code via malicious schemas. Learn who is at risk, affected versions, and how to fix it.
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Critical flaw in Protobuf library enables JavaScript code execution
Proof-of-concept exploit code has been published for a critical remote code execution flaw in protobuf.js, a widely used JavaScript implementation of Google’s Protocol Buffers. […]
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Legitify: Open-source scanner for security misconfigurations on GitHub and GitLab
Misconfigured source code management platforms remain a common entry point in software supply chain attacks, and organizations often lack visibility into which settings put them at risk. Legitify, an open-source tool from Legit Security, addresses that gap by scanning GitHub and GitLab environments and reporting policy violations across organizations, repositories, members, and CI/CD runner groups.…
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Cloudflare Launches Mesh to Secure the AI Agent Lifecycle
Cloudflare Mesh helps any developer encrypt every human, code, and agent connection point without ever exposing internal infrastructure and data to the public Internet
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ShinyHunters claim the hack of Rockstar Games breach and started leaking data
Leak of 8.1GB data tied to Rockstar Games includes anti-cheat code, game data, analytics and more, reportedly exposed by ShinyHunters. An 8.1GB data leak reportedly linked to Rockstar Games has surfaced, with files shared by ShinyHunters after being obtained via Anodot. The dataset includes anti-cheat source code, player analytics, game assets, Zendesk support tickets and…
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Critical flaw in Marimo Python notebook exploited within 10 hours of disclosure
A critical pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in Marimo, an open-source Python notebook platform owned by AI cloud company CoreWeave, was exploited in the wild less than 10 hours after its public disclosure, according to the Sysdig Threat Research Team. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-39987 with a severity score of 9.3 out of 10, affects…
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Hacker Used Claude Code, GPT-4.1 to Exfiltrate Hundreds of Millions of Mexican Records
A lone hacker used Claude Code and GPT-4.1 to exfiltrate hundreds of millions of Mexican citizen records from 9 government agencies.
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Critical Marimo pre-auth RCE flaw now under active exploitation
A critical pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Marimo is now under active exploitation, leveraged for credential theft. […]
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Claude uncovers a 13‑year‑old ActiveMQ RCE bug within minutes
Anthropic’s Claude dug up a critical remote code execution (RCE) bug that sat quietly inside Apache ActiveMQ Classic for over a decade. Researchers at Horizon3.ai say that it only took minutes for their team to work out an exploit chain for the bug with the help of AI. The researcher behind the work, Naveen Sunkavally,…
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Obfuscated JavaScript or Nothing, (Thu, Apr 9th)
I spotted an interesting piece of JavaScript code that was delivered via a phishing email in a RAR archive. The file was called “cbmjlzan.JS” (SHA256:a8ba9ba93b4509a86e3d7dd40fd0652c2743e32277760c5f7942b788b74c5285) and is only identified as malicious by 15 AV’s on VirusTotal[1]. The file is pretty big (10MB) and contains a copy of the AsmDB project lib[2]. The purpose is unknown.…
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13-year-old bug in ActiveMQ lets hackers remotely execute commands
Security researchers discovered a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ Classic that has gone undetected for 13 years and could be exploited to execute arbitrary commands. […]
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NomShub Vulnerability Chain Exposes Hidden Risks in AI Coding Tools
A vulnerability chain in an AI-powered code editor is raising alarms about how autonomous developer tools can be turned against their users. Dubbed NomShub, the flaw allows attackers to gain persistent shell access simply by luring a developer into opening a malicious repository — no traditional exploit required. “When an AI agent can execute shell…
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How To Choose The Right Low Code Platform For Your Business Needs
Learn how to choose the right low code platform for your business needs. In today’s fast-paced business world, agility is the key to success. Low code development platforms have emerged as a valuable tool for organizations to develop and deploy business applications with minimal coding quickly. With the right platform, businesses can improve their productivity,…
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Claude Code Packaging Error Remains a Lure in an Active Campaign: What Defenders Should Do
Threat actors leveraged Anthropic’s Claude Code npm release packaging error to distribute Vidar, GhostSocks, and PureLog Stealer. This blog details immediate steps organizations can take and best practices to prevent further risk.
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Disgruntled researcher leaks “BlueHammer” Windows zero-day exploit
Exploit code has been released for an unpatched Windows privilege escalation flaw reported privately to Microsoft, allowing attackers to gain SYSTEM or elevated administrator permissions. […]
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Device code phishing attacks surge 37x as new kits spread online
Device code phishing attacks that abuse the OAuth 2.0 Device Authorization Grant flow to hijack accounts have surged more than 37 times this year. […]
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Claude Code source leak exploited to spread malware
A source code leak involving Anthropic’s Claude Code tool quickly escalated into a cybersecurity threat, as attackers seized on the exposed files to lure developers into downloading malware disguised as “unlocked” versions of the software. Leaked Claude Code source code used as lure On March 31, 2026, Anthropic accidentally exposed online the source code of…
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Microsoft releases open-source toolkit to govern autonomous AI agents
AI agents can book travel, execute financial transactions, write and run code, and manage infrastructure without human intervention at each step. Frameworks like LangChain, AutoGen, CrewAI, and Azure AI Foundry Agent Service have made this kind of autonomy straightforward to deploy. The governance infrastructure to match that autonomy has lagged behind. Microsoft released the Agent…
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Weaponizing Trust Signals: Claude Code Lures and GitHub Release Payloads
A packaging error in Anthropic’s Claude Code npm release briefly exposed internal source code. This entry examines how threat actors rapidly weaponized the resulting attention, pivoting an existing AI-themed campaign to spread Vidar and GhostSocks.
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Claude Code leak used to push infostealer malware on GitHub
Threat actors are exploiting the recent Claude Code source code leak by using fake GitHub repositories to deliver Vidar information-stealing malware. […]
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Claude Code Leak Exposes AI Supply Chain Threats
A leak involving Anthropic’s Claude Code has drawn attention from the cybersecurity and developer communities, exposing internal components of the AI coding agent and introducing potential risks for organizations. “The significance of this leak is in what the code reveals about AI agent architecture. The leak exposed approximately 512,000 lines of TypeScript across roughly 1,900…
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EvilTokens abuses Microsoft device code flow for account takeovers
A new phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) campaign is abusing Microsoft’s device code authentication flow to gain unauthorized access to user accounts. Sekoia researchers first spotted the toolkit “EvilTokens” that lets attackers capture authentication tokens by tricking users into completing a legitimate login process in Microsoft’s own environment. The activity, observed since at least mid-February, relies on social…
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New EvilTokens service fuels Microsoft device code phishing attacks
A new malicious kit called EvilTokens integrates device code phishing capabilities, allowing attackers to hijack Microsoft accounts and provide advanced features for business email compromise attacks. […]
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Anthropic Leaks 512,000 Lines of Claude AI Code in Major Blunder
Human error exposed 512,000+ lines of Anthropic Claude AI Code, revealing KAIROS and Capybara secrets, pushing users to switch to the Native Installer.
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SentinelOne autonomous detection blocks trojaned LiteLLM triggered by Claude Code
SentinelOne AI stopped a LiteLLM supply chain attack in seconds, blocking malicious code automatically without human intervention. SentinelOne’s AI-based security detected and blocked a supply chain attack involving a compromised LiteLLM package. SentinelOne’s macOS agent detected and stopped a malicious process chain triggered by Claude Code after it unknowingly installed a compromised LiteLLM package. The…
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Claude Code Source Leaked via npm Packaging Error, Anthropic Confirms
Anthropic on Tuesday confirmed that internal code for its popular artificial intelligence (AI) coding assistant, Claude Code, had been inadvertently released due to a human error. “No sensitive customer data or credentials were involved or exposed,” an Anthropic spokesperson said in a statement shared with CNBC News. “This was a release packaging issue caused by…
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Anthropic employee error exposes Claude Code source
An Anthropic employee accidentally exposed the entire proprietary source code for its AI programming tool, Claude Code, by including a source map file in a version of the tool posted on Anthropic’s open npm registry account, a risky mistake, says an AI expert. “A compromised source map is a security risk,” said US-based cybersecurity and…